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heptamethoxyflavone

heptamethoxyflavone noun: any hepta-methoxy derivative of flavone, but especially 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone, a citrus flavonoid that has biochemical activity in the brain.

Noun

heptamethoxyflavone (countable and uncountable, plural heptamethoxyflavones)

  1. Any hepta-methoxy derivative of flavone, but especially 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone, a citrus flavonoid that has biochemical activity in the brain
    • The linear range for the assay of atractylodin, pachymic acid, heptamethoxyflavone, naringenin, nobiletin, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, and 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid were 200–20,000, 10–1,000, 4–400, 50–5,000, 4–400, 2–200, 2–200, and 800–80,000 pg/mL, respectively.2015 July 18, “Pharmacokinetic Profiles of Active Ingredients and Its Metabolites Derived from Rikkunshito, a Ghrelin Enhancer, in Healthy Japanese Volunteers: A Cross-Over, Randomized Study”, in...

Forms of heptamethoxyflavone

pluralheptamethoxyflavones

Origin of heptamethoxyflavone

From hepta- + methoxy + flavone.

Questions about heptamethoxyflavone

What does heptamethoxyflavone mean?
Heptamethoxyflavone means any hepta-methoxy derivative of flavone, but especially 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone, a citrus flavonoid that has biochemical activity in the brain.
What part of speech is heptamethoxyflavone?
Heptamethoxyflavone is a noun.
What is the plural of heptamethoxyflavone?
The plural of heptamethoxyflavone is heptamethoxyflavones.

Words near heptamethoxyflavone in the dictionary

  1. heptamers
  2. heptameter
  3. heptameters
  4. heptamethine
  5. heptamethines
  6. heptamethoxyflavone
  7. heptamethoxyflavones
  8. heptamethyl
  9. heptamethylene
  10. heptamethylenes
  11. heptamethylnonane

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